John Evelyn. Line engraving by R. Nanteuil, 1706, after himself.

1 print

Meliora retinete. βουλου ταs εικοναs τηs αρετηs υπόμνημα μάλλον ή του σώματος καταλιπειν. ... R. Nanteuil delineabat & scul. Includes Greek quotation from Isocrates, Ad Nicoclem 36, meaning: Wish to leave behind statues as a reminder of your virtue rather than of your body.

R. Burgess, Portraits of doctors & scientists in the Wellcome Institute, London 1973, no. 922.1

Wellcome Collection 2789i